"Figure 7: Quarterly changes in employment, and employment rate, seasonally adjusted","" "UK, December to February 2009 to December to February 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","thousands and %" "","" "","Employment level (quarterly change, '000)","Employment rate (%)" "Dec-Feb 2009","-127","71.9" "Mar-May 2009","-274","71.0" "Jun-Aug 2009","-79","70.7" "Sep-Nov 2009","16","70.6" "Dec-Feb 2010","-68","70.3" "Mar-May 2010","120","70.4" "Jun-Aug 2010","196","70.6" "Sep-Nov 2010","-56","70.3" "Dec-Feb 2011","158","70.6" "Mar-May 2011","25","70.5" "Jun-Aug 2011","-168","70.2" "Sep-Nov 2011","25","70.1" "Dec-Feb 2012","63","70.3" "Mar-May 2012","173","70.7" "Jun-Aug 2012","225","71.2" "Sep-Nov 2012","63","71.3" "Dec-Feb 2013","-35","71.2" "Mar-May 2013","50","71.2" "Jun-Aug 2013","171","71.5" "Sep-Nov 2013","263","72.0" "Dec-Feb 2014","188","72.4" "Mar-May 2014","264","72.9" "Jun-Aug 2014","53","73.0" "Sep-Nov 2014","44","73.0" "Dec-Feb 2015","267","73.4" "Mar-May 2015","-32","73.4" "Jun-Aug 2015","170","73.6" "Sep-Nov 2015","257","74.0" "Dec-Feb 2016","21","74.1" "Mar-May 2016","176","74.4" "Jun-Aug 2016","106","74.5" "Sep-Nov 2016","-9","74.5" "Dec-Feb 2017","39","74.6"